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Thousands of 20-pound propane tanks exploded into the air in Tavares on Monday night like gas bombs, injuring eight people, and now investigators are trying to find out what caused the initial ignition.

Thousands of 20-pound propane tanks exploded into the air in Tavares on Monday night like gas bombs, injuring eight people, and now investigators are trying to find out what caused the initial ignition.

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Updated: 7:13 AM EDT Jul 31, 2013

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WEBVTT GIVE YOURSELF TEN MINUTES. FLAMES CONTINUE TO BURN AT THE BLUE RHINO PLANT IN TAVARES. NOW THAT IT IS ALL DONE, INVESTIGATORS HOPE THEY CAN START THE PROCESS OF LAING INTEREST WHAT WEPT WRONG. A NUMBER OF AGENCIES WILL LOOK INTO WHAT SPARKED THE EXPLOSIONS ON MONDAY NIGHT THAT SENT THOUSANDS OF PROPANE CYLINDERS FLYING INTO THE AIR. EIGHT WORKERS ARE COMPANY RFRING AND THE CLEAN-UP WILL BEGIN OF THE 53,000 I WILL CINDERS AT THE PLANT. MARINA MARRACO IS LIVE THERE, AND THAT ARE WE LEARN BEING WHAT HAPPENED AND MAY HAPPEN NEXT? Reporter: YOU KNOW THIS IS ALL UNDER INVESTIGATION NOW. SO WE ARE INTO THE INVESTIGATION PHASE. BUT TWELVE DAYS AGO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUME ARE SERVICES WERE OUT AT THE RHINE RAIN PLANT DURING AN INSPECTION AND FOUND IN VIOLATIONS BUT BACK IN 20 11 OSHA DID FINE BLUE RHINO FOR WHAT THEY DEEMED A SERIOUS VIOLATION FOR DOUBLING UP WATER PRESSURE FOR CLEANING PURPOSES. NOW YESTERDAY THERE WAS A LEAK IN ONE OF THE BIG TANKS BEHIND ME NEAR THE TANKS CARRY BEING 30,000 POUNDS OF LIQUIFYED PROPANE AND THAT CAUSED A SCARE AGAIN, BUT OUT DELAYS THE INVESTIGATION. AND THIS MORNING THE BURN-OFF OF THAT MIDDLE TANK IS COMPLETE. WE DON'T THINK THERE WAS ANY ACT OF SABOTAGE. Reporter: FOR MANY FIRST ON THE SCENE IT WAS LIKE A MOVIE THEY DUBBED AS WORLD WAR THREE. WE HONESTLY THINK IT WAS AN EQUIPMENT FAILURE WITH A COMBINATION OF MAYBE HUMAN ERROR. Reporter: TWO MASSIVE EXPLOSIONS LITTERING THE RHINE RAIN PLANT AND THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES, LAUNCHING THEM INTO THE AIR AND CAUSING A SEA OF FIRE. WE THINK LAST PERSON OUT IS SUPPOSED TO FLIP THE SWITCH TO START THE WATER CLOSED, AND I DON'T BLAME THEM. I WOULD HAVE BEEN HEADING OUT THIS WAY. Reporter: WORKERS WERE JUST COMING IN TO RELIEVE OTHER WORKS AND THE INITIAL EXPLOSION HAPPENING AWAY FROM MOST OF THEM WHERE THE TANKS ARE STORED. THE VERY SAME OPERATION, WE TRAINED WITH THEM, A VERY SAFE OPERATION. Reporter: THERE ARE SAFETY PROTOCOL IT IS A WERE FOLLOWED LIKE SHUTTING OFF THE GAS LINE AND WE ARE SPGTING FEDERALS AS LIKE THE ATF AND FBI AND OSHA TO INITIATE THIS INVESTIGATION, ALSO A TEAM FROM BLUE RHINO HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH CAROLINA IS EXPECTED DAN HERE AT THE PLANT, TO SEARCH FOR A CAUSE

Thousands of 20-pound propane tanks exploded into the air in Tavares on Monday night like gas bombs, injuring eight people, and now investigators are trying to find out what caused the initial ignition.